Being a rogue ninja is worse than being Hokage.

This is the color of the poisonous insects of the Oil Maidens, who are skilled at manipulating insects!

"You're still as untrustworthy as ever."

Orochimaru stared directly into Danzo's gloomy eyes, and as soon as he finished speaking, Orochimaru turned into a cloud of smoke.

"It really was just a shadow clone..."

Danzo slightly raised his eyes, not surprised that Orochimaru was a shadow clone.

Danzo pondered for a moment the information Orochimaru had indirectly given him.

Orochimaru, who had been away from Konoha for a long time, might not yet understand the value of this information, but Danzo had meticulously analyzed it and confirmed his previous inferences.

Combined with the intelligence gathered from the actions he had Yamanaka Kaze carry out...

Danzo remained expressionless and continued the conversation that had been interrupted by Orochimaru's appearance: "Continue, Kaze."

"Yes!"

The mountain wind responded.

Yamanaka Fu was the "Anbu" ninja who was monitoring the three Sound Ninja in the Forest of Death.

He recounted to Danzo in detail all the information he had gathered in the Forest of Death.

"As Yamanaka Ino of Team 10 released the Mind Transfer Technique she had used on the Sound Ninja, I also used the Mind Transfer Technique to control her body, thereby getting close to Uzumaki Naruto, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki."

“I took off the Jinchuriki’s clothes and carefully examined the wound on his abdomen. Although the Jinchuriki disguised it very well, his wound had actually healed effectively on its own. It just looked scary but was not actually fatal… But for some reason, the Jinchuriki continued to pretend to be seriously injured.”

Yamanaka Fu recounts how he came into contact with Naruto.

"The Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki has never been trustworthy. It's a pity Hiruzen couldn't see this, otherwise I would have controlled the Nine-Tails two years ago! There wouldn't be so many troubles now!"

Just like Naruto never forgot being controlled by Kotoamatsukami two years ago.

Danzo still remembered the subtle look in Naruto's eyes when Naruto was rescued by the Third Hokage!

Danzo was only restricted in his actions by the Third Hokage, but he never let down his guard against Naruto!

Combined with the information from Yamanaka Fu, and the information provided by Orochimaru... it was of immense value.

"Hmm... After you undoed the Mind Transfer Technique, did Yamanaka Inoichi's daughter notice anything unusual?"

Danzo repeatedly confirmed with the mountain wind.

"She was not powerful enough to realize that she had been possessed, and before I left her body, I gave her a mental suggestion that everything I did while I was possessing her would be perceived by her as my own actions."

Yamanaka Kaze took over Ino's body the moment she released her mental energy from the Koto's Heart-Turning Technique, allowing her spiritual power to return to normal.

Yamanaka Fu used Ino's body to force Naruto's blood-stained clothes to be torn open and observed Naruto's wounds before dispelling the Mind Transfer Jutsu he had used on Ino.

"Feng, from this moment on, your identity as an Anbu member is over. You were discovered by Orochimaru while monitoring the Sound Ninja, and you 'died' at Orochimaru's hands."

After careful consideration, Danzo decided to have Yamanaka Fu relinquish his identity as an ANBU member.

"Yes!"

Yamanaka Fu had no objection to this, even though he had spent a lot of time and effort to successfully infiltrate the Dark Division.

"I will assign you and Torune, who have never monitored the Nine-Tails before, to other missions." With that, Danzo turned to Torune, who had remained silent, and said, "Order the others to resume—no! Intensify their surveillance of the Nine-Tails!"

"Is it time to capture the Nine-Tails again?"

"Jiraiya has already returned to the village, now is not the time to make a move—I have other plans for the right time."

Danzo's single eye was filled with gloom: "Hiruzen, I'll show you how wrong your choice to favor the Nine-Tails was!"

This murmur was merely Danzo's own monologue.

Yamanaka Kaze and Aburame Torune consciously ignored this sentence, as if they had never heard it before.

Chapter 58: Information on "Root" and Naruto

Within moments, Naruto had figured out why he was in the dense forest.

He stood still, calmly observing the four people surrounding him at a distance.

The standard number of people in a ninja squad.

He had sensed two of them before during Root's surveillance of him, and the other two... judging from their appearance, Naruto also felt a sense of familiarity with them.

The two who guarded Danzo during the Five Kage Summit in the original manga.

Black hair, wearing black clothes and an eye patch, chakra that appears to be a single, unified whole, but is actually densely packed like tiny insects covering his entire body—Aburame Torune.

And standing next to Aburame Torune, with her short, high orange ponytail, was Yamanaka Kaze, whom they had "met for the first time" in the Death Forest.

In other words, it's just like Naruto choosing to escape Konoha during the Chunin Selection Exams finals.

Danzo also chose to attack Naruto again amidst this chaos.

“He knows me.”

Naruto was sizing up the four members of "Root," while Yamanaka Fu was also observing Naruto.

Yamanaka Fu noticed Naruto's expression as he looked at him and then said something surprising.

Naruto frowned slightly. No wonder Danzo appointed him as the Hokage's bodyguard to the Five Kage Summit after he suffered a stroke in the original story. He was powerful and had a very meticulous mind.

"So, he really does have unique sensory abilities!"

The two people who had been responsible for monitoring Naruto's every move in Konoha also exclaimed in surprise.

"It seems so, Terai, Hyou."

The mountain wind nodded.

"Naruto Uzumaki, why are you hiding your strength like this?"

Yamanaka Fu asked a question, staring intently into Naruto's eyes.

"I can not understand what you say."

Naruto avoided looking at Yamanaka Fu, instead looking down at his own hands.

The cipher text wrapped around his hands had transformed into strange chains that seemed both real and illusory.

The chakra within Naruto's body is being restrained.

"It seems you've already realized that the sealing technique imprinted on your body by touching the Book of Sealing will prevent you from using your own chakra."

Yamanaka Fu's words were not unfounded. Naruto is currently unable to use ninjutsu or genjutsu, and can only use the purest taijutsu.

However, it refers to close-quarters combat techniques against enemies.

Although the abilities of Terai and the leopard are unclear, Yamanaka Fu and Aburame Torune are the Yamanaka clan who can turn their hearts around and the Aburame clan who can control insects.

The cost of engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the two of them would be too high.

It's not hard to see Danzo's intention in arranging for these two to deal with Naruto.

Ninjas are intelligence agents; the exposure of his hidden information led to Naruto's current predicament.

"You've set up a barrier, haven't you?"

Naruto suddenly asked a question, but his gaze swept over the four members of "Root," leaving them momentarily unsure who he was asking.

The chakra seal... did not truly restrict Naruto's movements.

We can deduce the type of sealing technique that Naruto was subjected to simply by looking at the "root".

Naruto could then be certain that Danzo was unaware of the "Sage Mode" he possessed.

The sealing technique that Naruto is currently being used on is somewhat similar to the "Fire Release: Heavenly Prison" used by Muu, the lord of Hozuki Castle prison.

but……

Aside from the chakra seal, Naruto, who was reverse-summoned, is now unable to sense the Flying Thunder God seal he had placed elsewhere.

Based on the original Naruto manga, there shouldn't be any technique that can actually counter space-time ninjutsu.

The current situation of Naruto being summoned is actually not much different from what he remembers and knows.

He could sense that he had not lost the characteristics of "spacetime".

Even though he was summoned into the barrier, he could still use the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Naruto at this moment simply cannot sense the Flying Thunder God seal outside the barrier.

Without sensing the Flying Thunder God seal, Naruto was unable to use the Flying Thunder God technique for space-time teleportation.

Naruto initially thought he had been summoned to a place outside of Konoha.

But he quickly dismissed that idea.

Naruto has discovered that his sensory range is greatly limited within the barrier.

At this moment, the edge of Naruto's perception range became square.

It perfectly matches the scope of a barrier array, whether it's a "square array" or a "circular array".

Then he remembered that he had been summoned into this barrier by "Root" through a pre-conditional psychic technique...

The "Root" organization controlled by Danzo did not restrict space-time ninjutsu using their barriers.

If spacetime is sealed off, the reverse summoning technique that forces him to be summoned should not take effect.

The use of Summoning Technique, which is also a space-time ninjutsu, is actually unrestricted.

Signing a contract is never a necessary condition.

Even if a ninja doesn't have a summoning beast, he can still use the summoning technique.

However, without a "contract" as a prerequisite, the consequences of direct psychic manipulation on the caster are difficult to predict.

Just like Jiraiya in the original work.

After using the summoning technique without a contracted summoning beast, he instead summoned himself to Mount Myōboku.

This is already considered a mild "consequence".

For anyone else, they would likely have died during the spacetime transition.

But this also shaped Jiraiya's life as the "Toad Sage".

The essence of the contract is to perform a "precisely targeted" summoning or being summoned, ensuring that the caster can effectively control the psychic arts.